Mop



March 28, 1961 s. slMETI Er AL 2,976,553

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ma INVENToRs 5 SAMUEL SIMETI MOP Samuel Simeri, 41 Ave. I, Farmingdale,N.Y., and John Vitkevich, 57 Gridley St., West Islip, NX.

Filed Jan. 21, 1960, Ser. No. 3,837

2 Claims. (Cl. 1`5-147) This invention relates to a cleaning mop.

It is an object of this invention to provide a mop adapted to be easilyfreed of pick-up debris by centrifugal rotation of the rnop head.

lt is another object to provide a mop having a manually rotated mophead.

It is a further object to provide a sturdy mop of a fool-proof andinexpensive construction.

These and other objects of this invention will become apparent uponreading the following descriptive disclosure taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing in which- Fig. l is a perspective view of themop showing the rotatable mop head xedly secured to a mop handle,

Fig. 2 is a view of the mop handle, broken away in part, showing asleeve mounted upon the handle over a spiral groove and further showinga hand element rotat ably mounted at the end of the handle opposed tothe mop head,

Fig. 3 is a view of the spiral Igroove in the handle,

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2 and showing the sleevesecuring pin and the roller thereon disposed in the handle groove, and

Fig. 5 is a view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2 and showing the manner ofdisposing the handle element rotatably on a dowel fixed in said handle.

Turning to the drawing, a mop is provided with a mop handle 11 having asuitable spiral slot or groove 12 therein. The spiral groove 12 is ofsuitable length and preferably of about 270 degrees of spiral. Thehandle 11 is solid and preferably made of wood or plastic.

The groove 12 is cut into the handle 11 by conventional means. Thehandle 11 is secured xedly to a metal bridge element 13 which in turn islixedly secured in the mop head 14.

A sleeve 15 preferably of metal and of suitable length and diameter isslipped onto the handle 11 and over the groove 12.

The sleeve 15 is provided with a pair of suitable apertures in itsmiddle, said apertures being disposed in a diametrically opposedrelationship. A tubular roller collar 17 is rst disposed in the groove12 and the sleeve 15 is then suitably slipped over the groove and thecollar 17 therein so that the apertures 16 of the sleeve mate with thehole in the collar 17. A suitable rivet pin 18 having a firm head 19 isthen inserted into the sleeve apertures and collar hole and then peenedover to form a rivet head 20, thereby holding the sleeve 15 and pin 18with the collar 17 thereon captively relative to said groove 12.

The sleeve 15 is preferably a bit longer than twice the length of thegroove 12 so that the sleeve 15 covers the groove 12 at all times.

A tubular handle element 20, preferably made of wood, is provided on theouter end of the handle and away from the mop 14.

To etect rotation of the handle 11 a wooden dowel pin `21 of suitablelength is disposed in a suitable cavity in the te Sttes Patent top endthe handle 11 and fixed therein by adhesive. Next a pair of suitablemetal washers 22 are disposed upon the dowel pin 21 and the handleelement 20 is then slipped onto the pin 21 and the washers 22. Thenanother pair of washers 22 are added upon dowel pin 21 on top of thehandle element 20. Lastly a wooden cap 23 having a suitable centralcavity therein is iixedly secured to the top end of the dowel pin (Fig.2) by the use of suitable adhesive or otherwise.

As shown in Fig. 5, the handle element is rotatably mounted upon thedowel pin 21. In practice the handle element 20 is trmlyheld in one handand the dowel pin 21 fixedly secured to handle 11 is rotated as a unitalong with cap 23 which is also fixed to said dowel pin.

The use of the pairs of metal washers 22 reduce frictional resistance.However the device is operable without said washers 22.

In operating the device of this invention the sleeve is held in lonehand and the handle element 20 in the other. Movement of the handleelement 20 toward and away from the sleeve 11 a distance equal to thestraight linear length o-f the groove 12 causes the mop handle 11 andmop 14 thereon to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise thereby ingingolf any dust adhering to said mop head 14.

The handle element 20 during the above operation does not rotate but thedowel pin 21 therein does rotate along with cap 23.

It is thus seen that the use of this invention does away with the needfor shaking a mop so that the mop head 14 may be cleaned, if desired, byinserting it into a suitable large stationary bag or container. Thus theuse of applicants invention avoids air pollution caused by shaking dustmops out of apartment house windows.

This invention has been described by means of an illustrative embodimentbut it is not limited thereto as it includes the collar 17 beingrotatably mounted on rivet pin 18.

We claim:

l. A cleaning mop `consisting essentially of a solid mop handle havingsubstantially in the center of said handle a spiral slot therethrough ofsuitable length, a tubular sleeve of substantially twice the slot lengthslidably disposed over said handle slot, said sleeve having a pair ofdiametrically opposed apertures centrally located in said sleeve, atubular roller collar disposed in said slot with the hole of the collarin line with the apertures of said sleeve, a rivet pin disposed throughsaid pair of apertures in said sleeve and said tubular collar securingsaid sleeve and said collar to said handle, a dowel pin xedly secured tothe top end of said handle, a tubular handle element rotatably mountedon said dowel pin, a cap having a cavity therein txedly secured to theother end of said dowel pin, a mop retaining bridge element secured tothe other end of said handle and a mop head secured to said bridgeelement whereby seizure of said rotatable handle element in one hand andseizure of the sleeve inthe other with movement of the handle elementtoward and away from said sleeve eiects rotation clockwise andcounterclockwise of said mop head, mop handle and dowel pin with the capthereon. l

2. The cleaning mop of claim 1 wherein the spiral slot has a turningangle of about 270 degrees and comprising a pair of washers below andabove said rotatable handle element.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,120,813 Harbian Dec. 15, 1914 2,660,745l Yusko Dec. 1, 1953 2,944,431Dexter July l2, 1960

